Low-income groups in countries like Pakistan rely on famous ‘landa bazaars’
Warning: The rich European Union may end up bulldozing your nearest landa bazaarTraders group in Kenya warns adverse effects on an industry that employs two million KenyansLAHORE/LONDON – Have you ever visited the second-hand clothes market – locally known as landa bazaar – in your town? No. Why? You must be from the upper middle class or the elite. Otherwise, it is a preferred destination for the poor and an overwhelming majority of the middle class.
The winter season especially boost the trade with an increased demand for sweaters, jackets, gloves and mufflers. Obviously, the low-income groups can’t afford new items every year for their growing children. Well! You are wrong if you think it's impossible, as France, Denmark and Sweden have proposed restricting the used-clothing exports from the European Union, saying it can cause pollution in the developing and poor nations.
The three countries are proposing that the EU apply the Basel Convention to used clothes, banning exports of hazardous textile waste and requiring prior informed consent to be obtained before importing textile waste. But Teresia Wairimu Njenga, chair of the Mitumba Consortium Association of Kenya, which represents sellers of second-hand clothes, told Reuters that imports of used clothes supported livelihoods and generated tax revenues for the country."Nobody is giving us trash by force – what we are buying is good quality clothes, and if a supplier wants to sell us trash, we would be happy to refuse their consignment," she said.
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